Letter from Robert Burns to James Hamilton, 27 April 1789

Ellisland near Dumfries 27th April 1789

My dear Sir,
I have written twice to my brother Poet Mr
Turnbull, but as I have not had a word in return from him,
I suspect that he has left Glasgow. - I owe him some money
for copies of his poems. - He sent me 6; one of them I had paid
before, and one of them is still on hand; so the price of four
is ready for him, if he will authorise any body in Dumfries
to receive it or, as I shall be in Mauchline at Whitsunday
or thereabouts, I shall then send it to you by John Ronald,
for I am not acquainted with any of the Carriers in this
country. -

This country has nothing new. - Mankind are the same every
where. - In this place, as in Glasgow I suppose too, of the men
called honest, and the women called chaste, a number supposed
to be near the full half of them are not what they pretend to
to be; and of the remaining half, many of them are thought
to have still worse faults. My Rib begs her compliments to
you. -
I am, Dear Sir, yours sincerely

Rob.t Burns